Campbell Industries ~ Shipbuilding History

Campbell Industries

San Diego CA

Most recent update: May 11, 2014.

Campbell Industries was founded in 1906, as Campbell Machine Company, a builder and repairer of tuna seiners. In the 1960s, it was sold to a group of San Diego fishermen who changed the name to Campbell Industries and took it public, but this was not a successful move and in 1979 it was sold to Marco. The market collapsed in 1982, however, and Marco sold it to San Diego Marine Industries, Inc., a company not to be confused with San Diego Marine Construction, Inc., the fore-runner of Southwest Marine. It continued under these owners until 1991 and was eventually sold for development as part of the San Diego Convention Center. See the site from the air on Google here.

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	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	LOA	Delivered	Notes
Built by Campbell Machine Company
	225941	Atlantic	Atlantic Operating Co.	trawler	216		June 1926	NLD
		Del Monte		trawler			July 1927	NLD
	227720	St. Therese	Frank P. Silva	trawler	191		1928	NLD
	227904	Norab	Baron Long	yacht	196		1928	NLD
	227916	California	California Packing	trawler	191		1928	to USN 1941 as YP-235, lost 1943
	227920	Emma R. S.	Guy H. Silva	trawler	148		1928	NLD
	227930	Mariner	Fernando M. Medina	trawler	207		Sep 1928	later Patria; to USN 1941 as YP-234, transferred overseas 1944
		St. Veronica		trawler	175		1928	NLD
	228928	Shasta	Jack Canepa	trawler	157		1929	NLD
	228950	Invader	John B. Vattuone	trawler	250		Aug 1929	NLD
	228951	Navigator	Joe S. Rogers	trawler	306		Aug 1929	to USN 1942 as YP-279, lost 1943
	229055	San Joao	Salvador Carlos	trawler	281		Sep 1929	NLD
	239140	Alert	Alert Fishing	trawler	180		1930	NLD
	231091	City of San Diego	John N. Freitas	trawler	294		1931	NLD
		Continental		trawler	202		1930	NLD
	230081	Defender	California Packing	trawler	232		Aug 1930	later Star of the Sea; to USN 1942 as YP-347, to MARAD 1946
		Santo Amaro	John Nunes Freitas	trawler	252		Aug 1930	NLD
	230108	America	Van Camp Seafoods	trawler	279		1930	NLD
	230599	Europa	Mariano Crivello	trawler	245		Apr 1931	to USN 1941 as YP-236, destroyed 1946
40	231145	Mayflower	M. O. Medina	trawler	341		Aug 1931	NLD
	233601	Conte Bianco	Andrea Castagnola	trawler	259		1934	to USN 1942 as YP-240, to MARAD 1946
43	234152	Cabrillo	George E. Campbell	trawler	457		Aug 1935	to USN 1942 as YP-348, to MARAD 1946
44	234076	Cape San Vincent	Cape San Vincent Op. Co.	trawler	313		Aug 1935	to USN 1942 as YP-280, lost off Saipan 24-Apr-46
	500453	Elsie Marie	Innerspace Interceptions	recreational	32		1936
49	235878	Belle of Portugal	Manuel G. Rosa	trawler	369		Jan 1937	to USN 1942 as YP-321, to MARAD 1946, 1965
50	235886	Picoroto	Lawrence Oliver	trawler	393		Mar 1937	to USN 1942 as YP-290, to MARAD 1946
51	236389	Triunfo	George E. Campbell	trawler	321		1937	NLD
52	235719	Benita	Leon M. Silver	trawler	161		Nov 1936	1965
53	236144	Victoria	Mathew C. Monise	trawler	430		1937	to USN 1942 as YP-350, sold 1946 as Queen Victoria, Sun Victoria
	236230	Westgate	Annie Louise Ambrose	trawler	153		1937	NLD
	236451	Yvonne Louise	Van Camp Seafoods	trawler	201		1937	NLD
	236532	Cal	George E. Campbell	trawler	159		1937	NLD
	236681	Northern Light	William A. Hoss	trawler	166		1937	NLD
	236728	White Eagle	P. E. McCaffrey	trawler	154		1937	NLD
	236790	Sun Harbor	Mariano Crivello	trawler	126		1937	NLD
	236897	Cape Horn	W. C. McPhail	trawler	133		1937	NLD
58	236851	Azoreana	Manuel G. Rosa	trawler	407		1937	to USN 1942 as YP-292, to MARAD 1946, 1965
59	236946	Liberty	Frank Gonsalves, Jr.	trawler	334		1937	to USN 1942 as YP-278, returned to owner 1947, Sun Splendor, Invader, in collision and sank off Baja California 1979
60	237603	Queen Mary	Joe M. Medina, Sr.	trawler	490		1938	to USN 1942 as YP-349, to MARAD 1946, foundered 1966
61	237622	Normandie	M. O. Medina	trawler	475		1938	to USN 1942 as YP-291, to MARAD 1946, 1965
62	237923	American Beauty	American Beauty Fishing	trawler	442		1938	to USN 1942 as YP-514, to MARAD 1946, 1965
	237063	Prospect	Star & Crescent Oil	trawler	259		1938	NLD
	237343	St. Mary	Louis Massa	trawler	146		1938	NLD
	239595	Endeavor	Joe C. Monise	trawler	469		1940	NLD
		Queen Amelia		trawler			1941	to USN 1942 as YP-516, destroyed 1946
70	251209	Commodore	Louie Vattuone	trawler	311		1942	to USN 1942 as YP-518, to MARAD 1946, 1965
71		YMS-151	US Navy	minesweeper	278		5 Oct 1943	caught in typhoon off Okinawa and lost 1945
72		YMS-152	US Navy	minesweeper	278		26 Nov 1943	to Britain 1943 as BYMS-2152, to Greece 1946 as Kleio, struck 1967
73		YMS-153	US Navy	minesweeper	278		23 Nov 1943	to Britain 1943 as BYMS-2153
74		YMS-154	US Navy	minesweeper	278		1 Jan 1944	to Britain 1943 as BYMS-2154
75	250182	Navigator	Joe S. Rogers	trawler	439		July 1946	1965
76	249164	Bernadette	Frank Medina	trawler	436		Feb 1946	1965
77	263476	Constitution	Joe S. Rogers	trawler	465		June 1952	1965
Built by Campbell Industries
78a	1162966	85WT681	US Navy	warping tugboat	82		1970	later LWT80
78b		85WT682	US Navy	warping tugboat	82		1970	discarded
79		Ocean Queen	Ocean Fisheries	tuna purse seiner			19 Jun 1970	sank
80	531005	Conquistador	Worldwide, Inc.	tuna purse seiner	1,231		1 Apr 1971	later Daniela
81	534721	Gemini	Morty Zlotoff	tuna purse seiner	1,871		4 Nov 1971	later Elizabeth Ann, NLD
82		Enterprise	Del Monte	tuna purse seiner	1,231		4 Jan 1972	sank
83	Nicaragua	Elizabeth C. J.	Manuel Jorge	tuna purse seiner	1,342		24 Feb 1972	later Captain Joe Jorge
84	539088	American Queen	Caribe Fishing	tuna purse seiner	934		30 May 1972	sank
85		Shapacy	E. W. Blocker	tuna bait boat	199		10 Jul 1972
86		Taurus	John King	tuna bait boat	195		21 Jul 1972
87	Venezuela	Pan Pacific	Pan Pacific Fisheries	tuna purse seiner	1,082		13 Dec 1972	later Taurus Tuna
88	Colombia	Captain Joe Medina	Joe M. Medina, Jr.	tuna purse seiner	1,428		8 Feb 1973	later Gold Coast, Maria Isabel C
89	544065	Scat I	PSA	Sport fishing	766		3 Nov 1973	later Kaulana
90	Colombia	King Oscar	Oceanus Industries	tuna purse seiner	971		9 Jul 1973	later El Rey
91	Venezuela	Lucky Strike	Pan Pacific Fisheries	tuna purse seiner	971		24 Jul 1973	later Orinoco II
92	Colombia	Sandra C	Joe Madruga	tuna purse seiner	971		31 Aug 1973
93	551472	Conquest	J. W. Uhlein & Assoc.	tuna purse seiner	971		28 Dec 1973	NLD
94	Ecuador	Top Wave	Pan Pacific Fisheries	tuna purse seiner	971		26 Nov 1973	later Pacifico C, Roberto M, Pescatun
95	586350	G. T. San Francisco	Golden Gate Bridge	ferry	154		13 Sep 1977	later San Francisco
96	578103	G. T. Marin	Golden Gate Bridge	ferry	154		18 Nov 1976	later Marin
97	578765	G. T. Sonoma	Golden Gate Bridge	ferry	154		22 Dec 1976	later Sonoma
98	Venezuela	Marjorie R.	J. W. Uhlein & Assoc.	tuna purse seiner	1,350		5 Mar 1974	later Larry Z, Ventuari
99	Ecuador	Olivia	Taboga Fishing	tuna purse seiner	989		7 Jun 1974	later Bold Fleet, Jeanette, Yolanda L
100	559598	Evelyn da Rosa	Van Camp Sea Food	tuna purse seiner	1,375		3 Aug 1974	sank
101	Mexico	Granada	Pesquera Colon	tuna purse seiner	1,142		1 Oct 1974	later Arkos II
102	Mexico	Portobello	Pesquera Portobello	tuna purse seiner	1,157		5 Dec 1974	later Arkos I, Chiapas
103	Mexico	Chiriqui I	Persquera Chiriqui	tuna purse seiner	1,157		31 Jan 1975	later Nair
104	554161	Guppy	Campbell Industries	tugboat	23		15 Jan 1974	later Kodak, Logan
105	564010	Madrugador	Joe Madruga	tuna purse seiner	985		10 Apr 1975	later Western Pacific
106	565151	Jeanne Lou	Ralston Purina	tuna purse seiner	985		5 May 1975	later Francoise L (France)
107	565986	Elizabeth C. J.	Manuel Jorge	tuna purse seiner	1,498		6-Jun--75	later Jeanette
108	Ecuador	Zapata Pathfinder	Zapata Ocean	tuna purse seiner	1,207		5 Feb 1976	sank
109	Mexico	Hornet III	Ralston Purina	tuna purse seiner	1,365		26 Aug 1975	later Maria de la Paz, Mazpesca 2
110	Colombia	American Eagle	J. W. Uhlein & Assoc.	tuna purse seiner	990		31 Jul 1975
111	Colombia	Grenadier	J. W. Uhlein & Assoc.	tuna purse seiner	1,183		13 Nov 1975
112	Trinidad	Lucilla	Tobago Fishing	tuna purse seiner			1 Oct 1975
113	Ecuador	Zapata Discoverer	Zapata Ocean	tuna purse seiner	1,207		22 Oct 1976	later Gann Discoverer, Descubridor, Mary Patricia, Pacifico N, Lim Discoverer, Jenny, Margot II, Maria del Mar A
114	577964	Constitution Service	Zapata Marine	offshore service vessel	291		19 Nov 1976	(Vanuatu)
115	580853	Independence Service	Zapata Marine	offshore service vessel	291		31 Mar 1977	later Perseverance
116	582451	Biehl Trader	Biehl Offshore	offshore service vessel	1,184		2 Jun 1977	later Smit-Lloyd 118, Golfo de Siam, Emre Omur (Turkey)
117	584627	Biehl Traveler	Biehl Offshore	offshore service vessel	1,184		27 Jul 1977	later Smit-Lloyd 119, Searcher, Motorman, Eide Traveler (Bahamas)
118	589291	Freedom Service	Zapata Marine	offshore service vessel	299		24 Feb 1978	later Endurance
119	592544	Heritage Service	Zapata Marine	offshore service vessel	299		6 Jun 1978	(Vanuatu)
120	594659	Liberty Service	Zapata Marine	offshore service vessel	299		18 Jul 1978	(Vanuatu)
121	597409	Pioneer Service	Zapata Marine	offshore service vessel	299		24 Oct 1978	later Resolve Pioneer
122	Kiribati	Constitution	Pan Pacific Fisheries	tuna purse seiner	988		21 Aug 1978	later Mariner, Sea Hawk No. 2, Olympus, Marawa I
123	600678	Pacific Princess	New Era, Inc.	tuna purse seiner	991		20 Dec 1978
124	599831	Uncle Louie	Uncle Louie Inc.	tuna purse seiner	1,355		20 Nov 1978	later Chance 2, Cape Cod
Built by Campbell Industries under Marco's ownership
125	Venezuela	El Rifle	Vena Tun S.A.	tuna purse seiner	1,064		23 Jan 1980	later Taurus I
126	Mexico	Azteca I	Prod. Alimenticios	tuna purse seiner	1,200		16 May 1980
127	Ecuador	Coopeatun II	Coop. de Pescadores	tuna purse seiner	1,449		5 Dec 1980	Mow Milagros A
128	Mexico	Kukulkan	Del Carmen	tuna purse seiner	990		12 Jan 1981	sank
129	Mexico	Chac Mool	Del Carmen	tuna purse seiner	990		7 May 1981
130	Colombia	El Dorado	Ocean Trading	tuna purse seiner	417		15 Jun 1983
131	Panama	Tunamar	Tunamar Pesca Ind.	tuna purse seiner	1,329		7-Aug--81	later Tiuna
132	Korea	Marne K	Pesquera San Miguel	tuna purse seiner	996		10 Sep 1981	later Venture Kim, Granada
133	Korea	Granada	Pesquera San Jose	tuna purse seiner	981		25 Nov 1982	later Universe Kim
134	Korea	Ocean Pearl	Interocean Ships	tuna purse seiner	972		30 Dec 1981	later Sajo Olympia
Built by Campbell Shipyards under San Diego Marine Industries, Inc.'s ownership
135	Kiribati	Sajo Gloria	Sajo Industrial	tuna purse seiner	972		29 Dec 1986	later Shilla Harvester, Moamari
136	Korea	Sajo Victoria	Sajo Industrial	tuna purse seiner	972		26 Dec 1986
137	Korea	Sajo ?	Sajo Industrial	tuna purse seiner	972		Dec 1986	scrapped
138	Korea		Sajo Industrial	purse skiff			29 Dec 1986
139	Korea		Sajo Industrial	purse skiff			29 Dec 1986
140	Mexico	Margaret Z	Zee Enterprises	tuna purse seiner	1,274		18 Sep 1989	later Azteca 10
141	Korea	Jai Won Master	Jaiwan Industrial	tuna purse seiner	1,349		9 Nov 1989	later Ocean Master
142	Brazil	Tuna Gores	Est. Sao Jacinto	tuna purse seiner				built in Portugal by Est. Sao Jacinto, Captain Christiano da Rosa
143	Brazil	Tuna Madeira	Est. Sao Jacinto	tuna purse seiner				built in Portugal by Est. Sao Jacinto, Evelina da Rosa
144	Korea	Shilla Explorer	Silla Co. Ltd.	tuna purse seiner	1,349		15 Jan 1990
145	Korea	Shilla Pioneer	Silla Co. Ltd.	tuna purse seiner	1,349		31 Mar 1990
146	Korea	Shilla Challenger	Silla Co. Ltd.	tuna purse seiner	1,349		7 Jun 1990
147	France	Via Avenir	Cie. Saupiquet	tuna purse seiner	1,283		21 Aug 1990
148	France	Via Mistral	Cie. Saupiquet	tuna purse seiner	1,284		24 Jul 1991
149	France	Rio Mare	Trinity Alimentari	tuna purse seiner	1,780		7 Nov 1991	later Via Euros
150	Bermuda	Golden Shadow	Acteon	yacht	1,293		24 Jan 1995